Construindo os sólidos de Platão por meio de dobraduras

Abstract

The present dissertation presents a construction of Plato’s solids through the folding carried out at C. E. Deputado Luiz Rocha, in São Domingos do Maranhão - MA. The objective of this study was to use a methodological alternative to show the teaching of spatial geometry by making concrete materials that would enable students to discover spatial shapes and representations, with the purpose of understanding that Mathematics and geometry are around you. It was observed that the students had a better understanding of the studied contents when using the concrete material that helped them to solve the proposed situations. When handling these materials, the clarity of the geometric solids was increased by the students, since they were in direct contact with the objects. It was also noted that there was a learning of the constructions proposed to them, thus allowing to verify that the Euler relation is true for Plato’s solids